Mick Hawkes is an ex-SAS soldier and 14th intel company (the Det.) operator who worked against the IRA and Loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland as part of his military career. 

Mick tells us about the daily ins and outs of carrying out surveillance on dangerous insurgents, the differences between republican and loyalist paramilitaries, how he helped to prevent a mortar attack on an RUC and much more.

(The first 30 mins or so are a little choppy due to wifi problems but completely fine after that.. apologies and thank you)

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00:00 South Armagh
11:00 Any respect for the IRA ?
20:45 Any “off-base” activities 
21:45 IRA men in the area 
27:55 Between Mick’s 1980 South Armagh tour and returning to N.I in 1993- Joining SAS 
33:00 THE DET
39:10 1993 Shankill fish shop b*mb 
42:00 DET work II
1:04:00 Protestant paramilitary groups 
1:08:30 The UDR (Ulster Defence regiment) & RUC 
1:13:05 IRA informers 
1:16:45 Face-to-face encounter w/ IRA man 
1:26:48 Did Mick want to get into a “contact” with a terrorist ?
1:29:25 Foiling a mortar attack on RUC station 
1:31:40 IRA in LONDON- Mick’s work with Mi5 
1:44:20 Miss the “buzz’ from the job?? 
1:55:35 Ex soldiers doing mercenary work 
2:01:35 Are SAS the best ??